black plague

基本解释

Avoid Mother's Day and Valentine's Day like the black plague.
要像躲瘟疫一样避开母亲节和情人节。
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So we're learning about the black plague or "black death" at school.
我们正在学习关于黑色瘟疫或者“黑死病”的知识。
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Another thing I read in the article was that onions and garlic placed around the room saved many from the black plague years ago.
那篇文章还谈到放在屋子里的洋葱和大蒜在多年前的黑死病中救了很多人的命。

To the extent we continue to amass debt, our children and grandchildren will be saddled with a burden so great that it will make The Black Plague look like a walk in the park (hyperbole intended).
FORBES: Dear Mr. President: STOP THE MADNESS!!
This nonsensical yearning for the Good Old Days of naturally bleak weather, famine, and the Black Plague has its roots in the near-religious myth that anything humans do to affect the natural course of Mother Earth is evil and wrong.
FORBES: The Black Death: Longing For The Good Old Days
Only one state, South Dakota, remains plague-free, and it contains about a third of the remaining black-tailed prairie-dog population.
ECONOMIST: An endangered nuisance